PARAMNESIA delivers atmospheric and progressive black metal rather uncommon for the European scene. Their music is inspired by Cascadian black metal bands such as WEAKLING, LEVIATHAN, FELL VOICES, ASH BORER, and YELLOW EYES. Although the band started in 2005, their first demo “Ce Que Dit La Bouche d’Ombre” came out in 2013 and was followed by 2 short Euro tours that same year. A true sensibility, an innate feeling for arrangements, atmospheres which can be both solemn and at times personal, an enthralling musical universe, an atypical and unique sound, and a proactive band are all qualities that make PARAMNESIA a no brainer.
"This is basically old Ash Borer with better production values. If you liked that kind of black metal, then this band is one to remember in the coming days." ( sputnik music )

SHITSHIFTER, the German trio is no slouch when it comes to aggressive tunes. "pyre" is kind of like a "best of" when it comes to their own sound. Every cut of every extreme genre they incorporate is done excellently. Their hardcore, grindcore, crust and death-metal elements are an explosive caustic cocktail. Clocking in at just 25min., "pyre", the vinyl debut by SHITSHIFTER is nothing short of awesome. Every one of the album's 9 tracks will pummel into you unrelentingly - think of a train with no brakes. From grimy hardcore riffage that seamlessly transitions into pure grind-metal madness - furious blast beats with a deadly array of bestial power-violence-esque riffs, the brutal, malevolent and bleak tone of "pyre" waste no time beating the listener to a shitty pulp.

This is a split between two black metal bands that I hold in very high esteem; Paramnesia from France, and Ultha from Germany.
Paramnesia are the first band, offering up a 20-minute track named VI.
Like their previous work, such as their split with Unru, the band deliver epic black metal, forged around a core of frozen might, and expanded with progressive, atmospheric, and melodic components.
Paramnesia’s blistering delivery is ramped up in intensity by the needle-thin screams of their singer. Around these slices of venom, entire architectures of emotive blackness spring up and die down at the whim of their creators.
Sometimes the band will craft these structures from blasting extremity, while at others the pace slows and time is taken to explore different atmospheric avenues. Introspective, lonesome post-metal-esque sections appear too, showing that the band are adept at shaded, reflective delivery as well, before inevitably unleashing Hellfire once more.
Whatever they’re actually doing on this song though, it’s effective and extremely enjoyable.
Ulthas contribution to this split – The Seventh Sorrow, 18 minutes in length – shows Ultha have lost none of their talent for highly-engaging music. The Seventh Sorrow is atmospheric and fiery, with gripping melodies and dark mood both present in abundance. With equally abundant bleak melancholy and in-depth emotive content, as well as crazily infectious guitar parts, this song demonstrates firmly that the quality of the material on Converging Sins wasn’t a one off.

Hailing from the German town of Münster, Aureole of Ash may be relative newcomers but display the songcraft and savvy of veterans. Morbid Reality adopts the legendarily gnarly Swedish guitar tone in the service of short blasts of grinding power violence, wisely slowing things to a feedback-soaked crawl to let the damage sink in.

Hailing from the German town of Münster, Aureole of Ash may be relative newcomers but display the songcraft and savvy of veterans. Morbid Reality adopts the legendarily gnarly Swedish guitar tone in the service of short blasts of grinding power violence, wisely slowing things to a feedback-soaked crawl to let the damage sink in.

Following the success of their first full-length album Abalam, from 2014, as well as many other EP’s, demos and split albums released through the years, Hexis return with their second full-length installment, titled Tando Ashanti, the epitome of Blackened Hardcore channeling pure darkness in the vein of Celeste and Oathbreaker and the start of an almost year-long worldwide tour for 2017, released through Halo of Flies in North America and Alerta Antifascista Records in Europe.

With 'XII', Hexis present their most relentlessly aggressive record to date, resembling a deeply chaotic tortured soundtrack to a descent into hell itself. At just 16 minutes in length, 'XII' offers an even deeper glimpse into the abyss...

The Italian Post-Hardcore formation Storm{O} ! nally returns with a
new full-length album entitled “Ere”. The four-piece from the province
of Belluno already called growing attention with their ! rst
full-length “Sospesi Nel Vuoto Bruceremo In Un Attimo E Il Cerchio
Sara Chiuso” in 2014 and is now setting off to the next step in their
career. With “Ere”, the band delivers 13 songs of pretty intense and
diverse Hardcore that are housed in a nice inside out printed gatefold
cover released by Moment of Collapse Records. Hailing from
the small town of Feltre, Storm{O} have been on the map since 2005.
Their name is derived from the mingle of a dark storm and the Italian
word for a " ock of black birds (“stormo”). This imaginary union is
graphically described by the two brackets that represent the " ock
of birds, and the letter “o” between the two brackets, representing
a drop. Storm{O} play a unique mixture of pulverizing Hardcore that
is guided by an aggressive and fast drumming. The furious song
structures are leading into brilliant set breaks that mark the only spots
to gasp for breath. The guitars act in the frame of a dynamic songwriting
that leaves space for a couple of uplifting moments and the
bass adds a discreet noise-rock edge. The basis of Storm{O}’s sound
always remains as a harsh, driven and distorted wall of uncompromising
Hardcore that is a good reminder of the early works of bands
such as Uranus, Converge, Orchid or Catharsis. The screamed Italian
vocals vary from anxious spoken words, to angry shouts and desperate
screams. These guys de! nitely never lose their intensity and
convince on full scale as they are sharing this collective passion for
intense music, paired with a unique form of expression. The band
played hundreds of shows sharing the stage with bands such as La
Dispute, Grime, Unsane, Lento, Big Business, Bane, More Than Life,
Celeste, Year Of No Light and many more. “Ere” was recorded and
mixed by Riccardo Pasini at Studio73, Italy and mastered by Alan
Douches at West West Side Music, New York.

The Italian Post-Hardcore formation Storm{O} ! nally returns with a
new full-length album entitled “Ere”. The four-piece from the province
of Belluno already called growing attention with their ! rst
full-length “Sospesi Nel Vuoto Bruceremo In Un Attimo E Il Cerchio
Sara Chiuso” in 2014 and is now setting off to the next step in their
career. With “Ere”, the band delivers 13 songs of pretty intense and
diverse Hardcore that are housed in a nice inside out printed gatefold
cover released by Moment of Collapse Records. Hailing from
the small town of Feltre, Storm{O} have been on the map since 2005.
Their name is derived from the mingle of a dark storm and the Italian
word for a " ock of black birds (“stormo”). This imaginary union is
graphically described by the two brackets that represent the " ock
of birds, and the letter “o” between the two brackets, representing
a drop. Storm{O} play a unique mixture of pulverizing Hardcore that
is guided by an aggressive and fast drumming. The furious song
structures are leading into brilliant set breaks that mark the only spots
to gasp for breath. The guitars act in the frame of a dynamic songwriting
that leaves space for a couple of uplifting moments and the
bass adds a discreet noise-rock edge. The basis of Storm{O}’s sound
always remains as a harsh, driven and distorted wall of uncompromising
Hardcore that is a good reminder of the early works of bands
such as Uranus, Converge, Orchid or Catharsis. The screamed Italian
vocals vary from anxious spoken words, to angry shouts and desperate
screams. These guys de! nitely never lose their intensity and
convince on full scale as they are sharing this collective passion for
intense music, paired with a unique form of expression. The band
played hundreds of shows sharing the stage with bands such as La
Dispute, Grime, Unsane, Lento, Big Business, Bane, More Than Life,
Celeste, Year Of No Light and many more. “Ere” was recorded and
mixed by Riccardo Pasini at Studio73, Italy and mastered by Alan
Douches at West West Side Music, New York.

Spain's Ànteros, comprised with ex-members of Toundra, Syberia and Viva Belgrado, is back with their second full album promisingly entitled 'Cuerpos celestes'. On the leading path of the debut 'Lunas', it returns to the postrock field with the epic, brutal and beautiful feel to it. With 'Cuerpos celestes', you are sailing through melodic and heavy postrock landscapes incorporated with elements of commanding rock and intense progressive metal. The layered guitar work and calculated instrumental frenzies are something to be admired as the rage and aggression pours forth on this release.

After years of silence, Stoke-on-Trent's Avant-Grind Noisefreaks KRUPSKAYA are back with a bang. 4 Tracks of relentless grindcore with math and noise influences, samples and mad chaotic blastbeats. FOIBLE INSTINCT from Kiev convince with 5 Songs of brutal Old School Grindcore.

The new OSOLUNA 12” is a must listen for all of you dark hardcore / post metal lovers. This magnificent hybrid from Torrelavega, Spain tores through their complex compositions with furious energy, hitting every transition and executing every single moment of the record. Here’s one of your new favorite records of the year. Ladies and gents, I give you OsoLuna!"

These four bands of friends have been playing shows alongside one another from one coast of the US to the other. On this four way 10" split they bring you variations on the theme of empathy in the modern world. UNTOLD WANT (formerly Iwakura) drop four poisonous tracks of screamy hardcore, OSTRACA offer up two beautifully constructed screamo opus', VRIL commit three blistering and volatile hardcore songs, while COMA REGALIA bring their A game with three more chaotic, screamo gems.

Respire is a six-piece band from Toronto, Canada, who combine epic post-hardcore, screamo, and black metal into a very cohesive formula that drips of maturity and patience. Gravity and Grace is their debut LP - a sprawling memoir of genre-defying soundscapes, reverb-washed tremolo harmonies, cascading arpeggios, dreamlike textures and walls of distorted guitars roaring over frantic rhythms, punctuated by tormented vocals and a near-orchestral array of instruments and contributors. Themes of loss, addiction, heartbreak, and existential anguish paint a bleak picture, but somewhere over the horizon rests a glimmering sense of hope, resolve and forgiveness

Tempano plays an aggressive variety of Screamo, Hardcore and Post-Metal/HC, not unlikely their fellows of OsoLuna. Harsh and sometimes complex parts flow into melodic and atmospheric segments, backed by a unbelievable wall of guitars.
Eros+Massacre recently released a split 8" with Coma Regalia on Middle-Man Records and present their newest Songs on this 12". Emoviolence near perfection - fast, angry and chaotic, but full of hidden emotive melodies!

Travolta fastcore/powerviolence/dbeat/crust from Belgium. Short, fast and loud!!
Gewoon Fucking Raggan is a 3 piece band based in Rotterdam. Attacking your ears with breakneck speeds and a high volume that will corrupt your mind and make your brain explode. If you’re looking for some straight to the point, no bullshit, in your face sound, then this is a most excellent.